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"Anyone who has gone through the Ronald McDonald House will want to give back," Garcia said about the Saturday, April 8, festival.

With that in mind, a portion of proceeds from the second annual Corpus Christi Food Truck Festival will go toward the charity, which provides short-term housing to families who travel to Corpus Christi for their child's medical treatment.

Family four-ticket packs will be raffled each hour with all funds going to the charity, Garcia said.

That's only the first change to the food festival, which will move to Schlitterbahn Corpus Christi because of road construction Downtown, Garcia said. During the summer, he put on Food Truck Summerfest Corpus Christi at Champion Park on Greenwood Drive. There are plans for a sequel in a different location in summer 2017.

There will be nearly 40 food trucks at the festival featuring street food like nachos at Taco Bar Street, desserts from Victoria's Sweet Dreamz Bakery and Corpus Christi favorites via Iron Pinata, Hi-Ho on the Go and Fulton Kettle Corn.

With the additional space, there will be a kids zone with a clown making balloon creations, and there will be a comedy show in the evening. Three local comedians will be featured.

JRod's Catering will be the only food truck serving crawfish at the second annual Corpus Christi Food Truck Festival on April 8, 2017.(Photo: Contributed/Amanda Rodriguez)

A small-town truck bringing big crawfish taste is JRod's Catering from San Diego.

Amanda Rodriguez, co-owner of JRod's, said her business has mostly catered to oilfield lunches, weddings and office luncheons since 2009. Once she and her husband, Johnny, saw a growing food truck culture in the Coastal Bend, they started parking in Alice during lunchtime and had long lines every time.

"It's a growing market," Rodriguez said. "People are excited to see something different. The food truck festival is just the food trucks that are set up in towns during the week and are bringing a great variety of food and flavors."

As the only truck serving crawfish, Rodriguez said the plates will be less heat, but all flavor.

"I personally likely my crawfish very spicy, but everyone's palate varies," she said. "We are giving it the perfect amount of spice to taste great, but not scare anyone off with too much heat."

Garcia said the only complaints he received about last year's inaugural festival were the long lines and lack of space. Some lines were nearly two hours, he said.

The space that Schlitterbahn provides will alleviate some of the issues, but not completely solve them. You should be prepared for some lines.

Fresh food takes time to cook — this isn't a fast food joint. So bring a friend, ready up some conversation topics or meet some strangers.

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Connie Pool (right) receives her food order from Adrienne Ramirez from Mise en Place Mobile Cafe during the A La Mano food truck event Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. Mise en Place is a featured food truck at the second annual Corpus Christi Food Truck Festival April 8, 2017.(Photo: GABE HERNANDEZ/CALLER-TIMES)